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I'm not super clear how the SC tangent really relates to the OP, but: I don't understand how skill challenges, uniquely among all the...

Yes, of course. All of us who would use an SC are obviously such incompetent fools that we can't judge actions and appropriate...

Bah! You don't know how many is the 'right number' of checks either, so telling me that 12 or whatever the SC says is 'wrong' is just...

The main difference I see is that with the skill challenge, the number of successes and failures are set and known ahead of time. The...

And you're assuming that a party who deploys some far less effective methods are ever in line for success! Honestly, there's an answer...

You don't stop running the game because you are in a skill challenge. The individual actions/roll still change the situation state...

Yes, in a manner of speaking. A shorter path relies on the idea that there is some 'right answer' in a situation. It denies that the...

It occurs to me that a parallel situation might be 'I roleplayed out that conversation so well, why is the GM still making me roll a...

So to ramble on about it. Best interests were (and I think still are) Vincent's term for the motivating force of a character. As a...

The Fisherman 3LP, 12 rp (11 gear, 1 property) Born Peasant (8 yr), Labourer (1 + 4 yr), Fisherman (1 + 6 yr) Age 20 yo Power B5...

I don't want to get so wrapped up in SCs, so, lets say one last thing about them which is pretty important IMHO: The way they are...

Based on my reading of your example, one significant difference I noticed from a skill challenge is that a player (or the GM?) can...

Where is this finish line? The truth is less sanguine! In a vacuum there's no 'path' with any specific 'length'. The GM can simply ask...

Seriously? Because this is not a fair, or accurate, description of SCs in total. The rules ALSO state that skill use has to make sense...

I agree with this. Skill challenges and similar mechanics are just a way of applying slightly more structure to regular play in order to...